Contents Lists

Scramble [May 1948] (3d, 20pp) • The Screwball Batsman • Alan Sherwood • ss • The Man Who Stole Pike • Ernest L. McKeag • ss • ’DSS’ Again [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Clean Sport • J. A. Jordan • ss
Scramble [June 1948] (3d) • The Body on the Beach • Rex Hardinge • ss • The Retiring Pro • Howard Francis Humphrey • ss • Mr. Coddicott Comes and_ [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Motor Launch Ferry • Ernest L. McKeag • ss • The Capture of Crossbones Claud • Cab Gabriel • ss
Scramble [July 1948] (3d) • The Golden City • Maurice G. Hugi • ss • Lunatic at Large • Norman Lazenby • ss • ’D’ Stood for Death [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • The Yellow God • Clifford S. Deall • ss
Scramble [August 1948] (3d) • Buck Rabbit • Meredith Huntley • ss • Operation Midnight [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • The Chateau Dumort • M. Brace • ss • In the Belt • F. G. Rayer • ss
Scramble [September 1948] (3d) • Commando Weekend • C. G. Wimhurst • ss • A Bot of Spother [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • The Kleiner Parchment [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Sporting Parson • Meredith Huntley • ss
Scramble [#19, October 1948] (3d, 20pp) • The Floating Master [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • The Smiling Convict • F. H. Hammond • ss • The Case of the Deserted Chorus Girl [Martin Speed] • G. M. Byrne • ss • Lucky Jim • Alfred E. Smale • ss • Wet and Warm • L. J. Newman • ss
Scramble [#20, November 1948] (3d, 20pp) • The Tracking of Black Andy • Chesney MacGuire • ss • Death Comes Through the Ropes • Gordon Hedley • ss • Forger’s Paradise [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • The Mysterious Mrs. Froodle [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss
Scramble [#21, December 1948] (3d, 20pp) • Raider’s Christmas Crusade • Norman Lazenby • ss • The Crook in the Mirror [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Ozzy Makes Things Hum [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Account Settled • Chesney MacGuire • ss
Scramble [#22, January 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Robbery by Rail [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • You Can’t Fool with Fate • W. P. Cockcroft • ss • Ozzy and the Man Eater [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss
Scramble [#23, February 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Gloves Off! • James M. Small • ss • Death is a Flower [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Grecian Gold! • Chesney MacGuire • ss • The New Skipper • Leslie Bussey • ss
Scramble [#24, March 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Ten Thousand Manden • Norman Lazenby • ss • Monkey Business • F. G. Cook • ss • The Sacked Secretary [Martin Speed] • G. M. Byrne • ss • Many Happy Returns • Oscar Cornell • ss
Scramble [#25, April 1949] (3d, 20pp) • “Contact!” • L. J. Newman • ss • Motive for Murder [Martin Speed] • G. M. Byrne • ss • Bullring Hangs Up the Gloves • L. C. Douthwaite • ss • A Queer Customer • W. Bear • ss
Scramble [#26, May 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Twelfth Man [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Dead Man’s Vengeance • Garry Elliott • ss • The Stolen Chessmen [Martin Speed] • G. M. Byrne • ss • Fourth Dimension Error • Eric Sewell • ss
Scramble [#27, June 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Treasure Hunters [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • The River of Flowing Gold [Part 1 of 5; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Slippered Feet! • J. M. Small • ss • The Hon. Treasurer • Meredith Huntley • ss
Scramble [#28, July 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Snakes Alive! [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • The Jade Idol • F. Baron • ss • Paying Out Columbus [Columbus] • E. L. Peppercorn • ss • The River of Flowing Gold [Part 2 of 5; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Muscles of Wax • John Weston • ss
Scramble [#29, August 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy’s Hair-Raiser [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • The River of Flowing Gold [Part 3 of 5; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Redskins in B.C. 52! • Colin Cawdor • ss • The White Feather • G. Williams • ss
Scramble [#30, September 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy’s Atomiser [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Unbeaten Between the Posts • Norman Lazenby • ss • The River of Flowing Gold [Part 4 of 5; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Columbus Butts In [Columbus] • E. L. Peppercorn • ss
Scramble [#31, October 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy’s Robot Runs Riot [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Columbus and the Parcel [Columbus] • E. L. Peppercorn • ss • The River of Flowing Gold [Part 5 of 5; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • A Letter for the Centre-Forward • Gordon Hedley • ss
Scramble [#32, November 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Leave It to Ozzy! [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss; Note: not part of serial below. • The Eye of the Needle! [Dad Morgan] • Ronald Horton • ss • Come Wind Come Weather • Merwyn Martin • ss • “Fury” Flynn Fighting • J. C. Skerratt • ss
Scramble [#33, December 1949] (3d, 20pp) • Leave It to Ozzy! [Part 1 of 3; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Legacy from Jupiter • Maurice Hugi • ss • The Rowledge Diamond [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • The Fame of the Name [Part 1 of 2] • James M. Small • sl
Scramble [#34, January 2, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Leave It to Ozzy [Part 2 of 3; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • The Silver Bar Ranch Mystery • Alec Saunders • ss • The Fame of the Name [Part 2 of 2] • James M. Small • sl
Scramble [#35, January 16, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Leave It to Ozzy [Part 3 of 3; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Catch ’em Alive O! • C. C. Shinn • ss • Death in a Bucket! [Martin Speed] • G. M. Byrne • ss • The Snob Comes a Cropper • James Girton • ss
Scramble [#36, February 1, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Martin Speed - Ghost Detective [Part 1 of 4; Martin Speed] • George Elliott • sl • Ozzy’s Latest Dee-Tee-Hee [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Flat Tyres • W. T. M. Hughes • ss • The Grudge • Frances Earp Young • ss • The Best Policy • Norman C. Pallant • ss
Scramble [#37, February 16, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Martin Speed - Ghost Detective [Part 2 of 4; Martin Speed] • George Elliott • sl • Ozzy the Wiz versus Minny the Moo • Michael Kendrick • ss • Whispering Brass • W. T. Jones • ss • A Pair of Skates • Kit Robins • ss
Scramble [#38, March 3, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy - Watch That Ghost [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Martin Speed - Ghost Detective [Part 3 of 4; Martin Speed] • George Elliott • sl • The Mail Hold-Up • John C. Day • ss • Gun Fiends of the Whispering Skulls • Clarry Alton • ss
Scramble [#39, March 10, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Percy - Down Under • V. Spaull • ss • Martin Speed - Ghost Detective [Part 4 of 4; Martin Speed] • George Elliott • sl • Kid from Ioway • Clarry Alton • ss • Ozzy’s Patent Littleriser [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss
Scramble [#40, March 17, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 1 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • More Larks with Ozzy’s Littleriser [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Robbery Under Arms [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Three Cornered Clue • Preston Foxe • ss
Scramble [#41, March 24, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Broads Adventure • P. G. Reynolds • ss • The Police Dog Mystery [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 2 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • Night Prowler • James Girton • ss • Freedom of the City • Olga Fawthrop-Pownall • ss
Scramble [#42, March 31, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Smoke Screen • Lawrence Gay • ss • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 3 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • The Strange Case of the Littlerised Schoolmaster [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • All in a Night’s Work • Frank Brooke • ss
Scramble [#43, April 6, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Good Old Uncle Dudley • Whitley Woods • ss • Ozzy’s Lie Detector [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 4 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • Just a Sneak Thief • David Peters • ss • The Cunningham Cricket Bat • George M. Bird • ss
Scramble [#44, April 14, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 5 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • More Deadly Than Dynamite [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Striker Turns ’Tec • Joe Hardy • ss • Moving Mountain • Trevor Holloway • ss
Scramble [#45, April 21, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy’s Waxworks [Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • ss • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 6 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • Truth Leaks Out [Martin Speed] • David Peters • ss • Atomic Match • F. C. West • ss
Scramble [#46, April 28, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 1 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • The Case of the Panther Kitten [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 7 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • Pride Goes Before • Frank C. Brooke • ss • Towed by a Whale • David Gunston • ss
Scramble [#47, May 5, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • The Kidnapped Professor • Reginald Brown • ss • Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Part 8 of 8; Dick Turpin] • Carlton Ross • sl • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 2 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Mulguy Goes Crackers • Howard Leslie • ss
Scramble [#48, May 12, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 3 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Greek Tragedy [Martin Speed] • G. H. Lister • ss • Guaranteed Genuine • Wilfred Aber • ss • Night Craft • G. R. Stocks • ss
Scramble [#49, May 19, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Aunt Betsy Drops In • David Morris • ss • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 4 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • The Chance of a Lifetime [Martin Speed] • G. H. Lister • ss • Pimples Prosser - The Schoolboy Detective • Anon. • ss • Cold Comfort • J. E. Galloway • ss
Scramble [#50, June 17, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • War With Zenna • W. K. Watts • ss • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 5 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • “Anything Unusual, Constable?” [Martin Speed] • Vincent Griffin • ss • The “Conker’s” Reward • Elliott (sic) • ss
Scramble [#51, July 1, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 6 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Stowaway to the Cape • Leslie B. Watt • ss • Amazing Holiday • Lawrence Gay • ss
Scramble [#52, July 23, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • The Golden Apples Murders [Part 1 of 6; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 7 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Top-Line Harriman • Humphreys Howard • ss
Scramble [#53, August 5, 1950] (3d, 20pp) • The Phantom Submarine • Trevor Holloway • ss • The Golden Apples Murders [Part 2 of 6; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • A Near Thing for Minty • Reginald Browne • ss • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 8 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl
Scramble [#54, nd (c December 1950)] (3d, 20pp) • Columbus Starts a Newspaper • E. L. Peppercorn • ss • The Golden Apples Murders [Part 3 of 6; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 9 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • Premium for Tommy • Murial Smithies • ss
Scramble [#55, nd (c January 1951)] (3d) • Rolling Stone • John McCail • ss • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 10 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl • The Golden Apples Murders [Part 4 of 6; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Maynard Keeps His Word • David Morris • ss
Scramble [#56, nd (c February 1951)] (3d, 20pp) • The Mystery of Graystone Tarn • Alex O. Pearson • ss • The Golden Apples Murders [Part 5 of 6; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 11 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl
Scramble [#57, nd (c March 1951)] (3d, 20pp) • Cinders and Sand • L. J. Newman • ss • Ozzy of Overstone [Part 12 of 12; Ozzy the Wiz] • Michael Kendrick • sl; serial incomplete. • The Golden Apples Murders [Part 6 of 6; Martin Speed] • Maurice G. Hugi • sl • Nobody’s Business • Van G. Kennedy • ss
Searchlight: Adventure Stories for Boys
Searchlight: Adventure Stories for Boys [1961] (Spring Books, hc, cover by ?)

7 • Johnny Lonesome Comes to Town • Michael Moorcock • ss
19 • A Flying Ferrano After All • Joe Waldron • ss
27 • Four Laps to Fame • Kenneth Wheeler • ss
34 • The Bird Men of Venus • Alistair Graham • ss
40 • The Logging Train Mishap • Julian Ward • ss
47 • Chancing It With Charne [Felgate] • Frank Richards • ss
56 • Treasure of Temooka [Ken King] • Charles Hamilton • nt
77 • A Test for the Tigers • Reginald Brown • ss
86 • The Cryptogram • Anon. • pz
87 • The Adventure of Canoeing • William Luscombe • ar
92 • Rattles Runs Again • Bob Moyes • ss
96 • Where’s Drake? • Kenneth Wheeler • ss
105 • The Stealthy Presence • J. T. Roberts • ss
118 • The Underwater Specialists • Chesman Scot • ss
129 • The World’s Most Famous Medal • Arthur Nettleton • ar
132 • Monkey Business at St. Michael’s • Haydn Warman • ss
145 • Badge of Office • Sydney J. Bounds • ss
152 • Picture Letter • Anon. • pz
153 • The Buttered Gradient • Bob Carruthers • ss
164 • Treasure of the Gorge • Anon. • ss
177 • A David for Goliath • Kenneth Wheeler • ss
184 • Lazy Lionel • Jonathan Burke • ss
190 • Week-end Special • S. T. James • ss
197 • Speed Devil • James Stagg • ss
207 • Johnny Mathers - Soccer Reporter • Robert Bateman • ss
214 • The Story of Our Lifeboats • Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O. • ar; illus. O. Attley
219 • The Red Death • Sydney J. Bounds • ss
227 • The Mechanical Mole [Rocket’s] • William Temple • ss
234 • The Flame Bringers • Michael Moorcock • ss
250 • In Search of Hidden Treasure • Arthur Nettleton • ar
255 • Greaseball • Robert Bateman • ss
264 • Fun With Numbers • Anon. • pz
265 • The Mysterious Orchard • John Elsworth • n. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1951
Select Stories
Select Stories [#1, May 30, 1899] ed. Anon. (32pp) • The Forgotten Bride • Lucy V. Duke • nv • A Maiden’s Martyrdom [Part 1 of ?] • Violet • sl
The Sexton Blake Library (First Series) ;

          Publisher: Amalgamated Press.
          Run: Sep 1915-May 1925 (382 issues).
          Becomes: Sexton Blake Library [Second Series].
          Frequency: 4 per month.
          Editor: William Bolinbroke Home-Gall [1915]; William H. Back [?-1921]; Len Pratt [1921-55].

          Note: the dating of The Sexton Blake Library is somewhat problematical because the frequency changed so often, moving from monthly to two per month, then four per month and, for a while, five per month. There was, I believe, also a brief break in publication at some point. The pagination also changed over time, starting at 120 pages before shrinking down to 64 pages as the wartime shortage of paper began to bite. It later recovered to 96 pages. The price began at 3d, later rising to 4d and beyond. If anyone can help work out a schedule for these changes, I’d be very pleased to incorporate the information.

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